1.6GB rollout?

Edited by Jack_Hackett (Fri 27-Jun-25 18:31:08)

In reply to a post by Youngy:

Is the 1.6GB some additional technology? Are there rollout plans published we can check?

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

This is not a wind up I am genuinely interested.

I have a 150Mbps connection and we have never found it lacking even when we are all online at the same time, could I ask what you cannot do on 900Mbps that would make you want 1600 Mbps

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

This is not a wind up I am genuinely interested.

I have a 150Mbps connection and we have never found it lacking even when we are all online at the same time, could I ask what you cannot do on 900Mbps that would make you want 1600 Mbps

May I suggest reading some of the many posts and threads written over the past quarter century on here, albeit with different numbers, on this site?

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

I wasn't aware FTTP 1600Mbps broadband had been around for the past quarter century can you give me some links to the threads you refer to?

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

albeit with different numbers

In reply to a post by PCJM40:

Jack its never dull when you're around.

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

I wasn't aware FTTP 1600Mbps broadband had been around for the past quarter century can you give me some links to the threads you refer to?

The clue was in the bit where he said

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

albeit with different numbers

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

could I ask what you cannot do on 900Mbps that would make you want 1600 Mbps

Edited by jchamier (Sat 28-Jun-25 11:02:33)

In reply to a post by Youngy:

I'm currently on the 900MB FTTP full fibre product with EE, apparently they don't offer 1.6GB in this area. Is the 1.6GB some additional technology? Are there rollout plans published we can check?

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

could I ask what you cannot do on 900Mbps that would make you want 1600 Mbps

My first home domestic broadband was before the year 2000, and was 512kbps download speed (0.5 Mbps). Almost everyone I knew was using upto 56k dialup that they had to reconnect every 2 hours. This question has been repeated ever since.

In reply to a post by PCJM40:

Interesting to see the new ONT options in the latest update of the SIN 506B document.

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

Avenue Q always gives the correct answer.

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

In reply to a post by PCJM40:

Interesting to see the new ONT options in the latest update of the SIN 506B document.

They paid Huawei a while back for profiles to use any ONT with those OLTs. Presumably they're keeping the Adtran and Nokia matched on ONT/OLT for GPON and definitely on XGSPON.

In reply to a post by Youngy:

what's happening in 2026?

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

In reply to a post by Youngy:

I'm currently on the 900MB FTTP full fibre product with EE, apparently they don't offer 1.6GB in this area. Is the 1.6GB some additional technology? Are there rollout plans published we can check?

It's not really a "technology" question per se.

More a case of what handover exchanges have the requisite BT backhaul network connectivity in place. Most of the larger metro sites do but not *all* of the 955 or so such sites do. Some handover exchange sites may also require headend ONT upgrades, but that's less and less of an issue.

If you have an existing 1 GBps capable Openreach ONT it will require an Openreach appointment to swap to a 2.5 Gbps ONT - still basically GPON though - and will either be a Nokia or Adtran unit in all likelihood.

In reply to a post by Taras:

In reply to a post by Youngy:

what's happening in 2026?

Openreach will be publicly trialling xgs-pon (10gbits/s pon up/down).

In reply to a post by candlerb:

In reality, you're going to be unable to find any retail ISP who sells any of these tiers, since the pricing is so unattractive. Even BT themselves don't.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by candlerb:

In reality, you're going to be unable to find any retail ISP who sells any of these tiers, since the pricing is so unattractive. Even BT themselves don't.

You may have hit on the reason big ISP Sky Broadband has started to use non openreach networks.

In reply to a post by candlerb:

But possibly only in areas where they are doing government-funded rollouts (BDUK type C). It's very unclear at this stage when it might be available to the masses.

You should also note that the announced pricing for 1G/1G is very high - wholesale £100+VAT per month. If you want anything faster than that, be prepared to pay similar to leased-line prices.

Edited by XGS_Is_On (Wed 02-Jul-25 14:38:51)

In reply to a post by jchamier:

You may have hit on the reason big ISP Sky Broadband has started to use non openreach networks.

Edited by Chrysalis (Thu 03-Jul-25 10:36:36)

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

It seems Sky pushed for CF's XGS upgrades in to their deal, so they care enough to have pushed for that. Even if its just for risk reduction on contention.

In reply to a post by mr_mojo:

It's just problem a systems problem. They likely don't have a 'order new ONT on upgrade' path in their billing software as its somewhat new.